Empire Jazz


Empire Jazz is an album by bassist Ron Carter featuring jazz interpretations of five of John Williams' themes from The Empire Strikes Back which was recorded in 1980 and released on the RSO label.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "the all-star group has plenty of solo space and the music is transformed into reasonably creative jazz".

Track listing

All compositions by John Williams.
  1. "The Imperial March " – 8:33
  2. "The Asteroid Field" – 9:08
  3. "Han Solo and the Princess " – 8:09
  4. "Lando's Palace" – 7:04
  5. "Yoda's Theme" – 5:25

    Personnel

Album cover Artwork: Jeff Wack